14 strong this morning. If you want to know what we did show the F up.
Month: December 2023 (Page 8 of 12)
Dredd knew that New Year’s is a good time to take stock in where you are in life. That is why 13 years ago, as he identified sad clown syndrome, he chose New Year’s Day as a motivating day to launch this thing we now call F3. Sad clown syndrome is still prevalent. It’s grasp on men is unshakable without constantly assessing where we are on our journey. Many have started but have fallen off the path. And although the syndrome is multifaceted one of the main aspects is a tendency toward physical indifference and decline. That’s why the first section of Q source is titled “Get Right.”
As your new 1st F Q I am here to help, advise, and motivate your 1st F. To get the year off on a good start I thought it would be a good idea to assess our current level of fitness. You cannot know where you are going unless you know where you are.
On New Year’s Day at 7 am at Martha Rivers we will have a Convergence/Assessment. All other AO’s will be closed. This will not be an annihilation type workout but rather a true you vs you workout. How fast are you, how strong are you what kind of endurance do you have? Did you slide at the end of 2023? Are you stagnating in your growth? Or are you at the top of your game? Now is the time to find out where you are and determine where you want to be. There will be multiple proctors there to encourage and provide candor on form and technique. I also plan to repeat this assessment later in the year to track your progress. Now is the time to stop making excuses and start making changes. So set your alarm, shake off the hangover, grab a block, and drag your lazy ass down to Martha’s House on Monday January 1 and recognize that now is the best time for you get right.
SYITG
Defib
Ecclesiastes 10:18
4 came out on a chilly evening. Typical Wojo type workout.
The rain was afraid of Goose so it barely sprinkled on our ruck this morning. Turned out to be a great day to be out there. 3 ruckers, followed by Q Source where a few more brothers joined us.
Rucking crew only today. Multiple conversations happening about why we were all there. Punch bug rules were invoked. The pledge was said in perfect unison (possibly due to some of those absent that are normally present) and we discussed five failures of leadership with some of the best discussion I have ever seen/heard. Thanks men.
Announcements: 2nd F lunch at Hickory Tavern 12/20/23 @ noon, Beer mile on 12/30/23 @ 10:30am on Winder Trail Gtown.
TAPs: Gumby’s mom, Broke’s mom, Haze’s M, All of us (be thankful we have more and are better than what we deserve)
6 HIM for the Pub this morning. We did the Sargento route backward to test everyone’s directional abilities. No one got lost or injured. It was a good day.
For those keeping score at home, 5 of the 6 wore neon.
Announcements – 2nd F lunch Wednesday at Hickory Tavern, Beer Mile Saturday the 30th, muster at Sargento’s at 10:30 – 4333 Winder Trail
Prayer Requests – Turtleman, Greg Dills’ (F3 Wimpy) mom passed this week, Roscoe’s coworker’s mother passed, Roscoe friend in hospice care
Downtown
Warmups
- SSH
- Imperial Walkers
- Gravel Pickers
- Stretching
Pledge 🇺🇸
Mosey to Honey Hunters
On our way we stopped by old LL for some dirty hookups
- Triple Nickel – 5 of each , 5 rounds!
Big Boys
Lap
Burpees
- If there is time- Dora 123
100- Merkins
200- Squats
300- LBCs
Mosey back to Start on our way back we also stopped by LL for some more Dirty Hookups , finished by some Route 66 Merkins
Announcements
- Combined 2nd F HH
- Beer Run
- 2nd F Lunch
Prayer Requests
- Huck
- Jackson Hall
- SA
- All those without this Christmas
- Haze’s wife
- Oompa
- All Family Members
8 pax posted to Midoriyama on Thursday night for a little fun and games. YHC listened and learned from last years QvQ challenge. The PAX like games in their workouts. I took a note from Shortsale’s book and we got after it.
Warmup:
Blah blah blah
The Thang:
In the long parking lot starting at one end. The idea was to try and make it to the other end. With a deck of cards we would draw a card and do the reps per the face value with each suit being an exercise. Just like any other time we use cards. Dimaonds=merkins, Hearts=WWI’s, Spades=Squats, and Spades =burpees. After doing the reps we then would bearcrawl that many spaces forward. So for example a 10 of diamonds we would do 10 merkins then bearcrawl 10 spaces forward. Once there we draw another card. Except this time we have to bearcrawl backwards that many spaces. So if the first card was a 10 and the next card is a 6 we would end up being 4 spaces forward of where we started. This really confused the Dr’s and Accountants in the crowd. We did this back and forth slowly inching our way forward in the parking lot. Eventually we switched the backwards movement to suicide sprints. Some believed we’d never get anywhere but we finished about a third of the way through the parking lot so we would have been up against the house if we were betting. All in all this kept us guessing and moving a lot. Which seems to be a problem for some. I guess they confused this with a 2nd F event. If you’re gonna mummblechatter you gotta be able to exercise at the same time!
COT:
Announcements-12/30 beer mile see Sargento for your HC, 2nd F lunch at Hickory tavern next week
Prayer request-Gumby’s mom, Cindy’s colon
Pledge
I can’t believe it’s almost been a whole week before writing this the weasel shaker might come for me soon. I planned what I thought would be at least the first 30 minutes of the workout but with 8 solid HIMs joining me it was more like 20 minutes. This is what I remember since I kind of made this one up on the fly.
Pledge
Warmup in the Bunker
Seal Jacks x11 IC
Squats x11 IC
Toy Soldiers x11 IC
Stretches
Partner up and stay in Bunker for lazy DORA. Partner 1 would work while partner 2 planked, switch when needed or evenly OYO.
50 WWI, 100 merkins, 150 squats. Enough of that mess.
Mosey long way to parking lot across Pita Wheel. Dodge so leftover trash from Friday night festivities and get to work.
Partner booya triple nickel. Partners run to opposite ends of parking lot and perform 5 CDDs, meet back in the middle for 5 booya merkins do that x5.
We were headed to the track but someone, I think Watts Up, mentioned that a better less used parking lot was closer. Head there for some more DORA.
100 hand release merkins, 200 calf raises, and 300 LBC. Run outside of parking lot.
This is where it gets a little fuzzy. We ran to behind some building for some Mary of core work. Left there and headed to the Yank where there are some lit Christmas trees and a great spot for some half pipe lead by none other than Tesla. Don’t remember the exercises called but there were 2 burpees every time we crossed the middle. Finished that and made it to the statue for a few more exercises to finish.
Time.
Announcements:
Sargento’s beer mile 12-30 11:00?, bring light beer.
Prayers:
Ocho’s grandma
Tesla’s sister and family
Watts Up’s wife aunt
Norwood’s roommate passed away at 41
Tooth Fairy’s M and new baby expected January 5
Jane Fonda
Montana
Jaxson Hall
Jackson Courtier
Brutus new grand baby.
YHC prayed.
We started off the day in a balmy 32° weather with clear skies and burpees, then moseyed around downtown Cramerton and back to the start for some more Burpee’s by the train and headed up the hill and ran the paint train twice, then four corners under a sky riddled with shooting stars. We then moseyed on back to the parking lot for five minutes of Mary.
Excercises performed:
Mosey
Burpees
Side straddle hop
Mike Tyson
Sprints
Squats
Lunges
Mike Tyson
Bear crawl
V-ups
CDD
LBC
Mericans
Rocky balboas
6-shooters (apparently with different size chambers on the reload)
Windshield wipers
Ski-ups
J-Lo’s
Announcement
- Beer mile 12/30 @ Sargento’s house (or just show up this weekend randomly per Ocho)
- 2nd F Wednesday hickory tavern Gastonia
- Christmas Day all ao closed
- Breaker breaker Q tomorrow tequila sunrise
Prayers
- Jane Fonda
- Jackson curry 2nd round chemo complete
- Turtleman in a tough spot
- Montana
- Orangeman 2 friends 1 mom is not doing well the other has been diagnosed with breast cancer
- Mayor has a friend going through a lot need prayer deiorio
- Tesla sister passed away
- Rebar son had surgery
- Mayor’s knee